Lebanese Army units tightened its control over three hilltops in the Lebanese-Syrian border area Thursday, a day after seizing the territory from Daesh (ISIS) militants in a lighting strike that killed six terrorists, the military said.

Lebanese Army units tightened its control over three hilltops in the Lebanese-Syrian border area Thursday, a day after seizing the territory from Daesh (ISIS) militants in a lighting strike that killed six terrorists, the military said.

Saudi Binladin Group will restart work next month on the $26.6 billion expansion of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, nearly two years after work stopped in the wake of a crane collapse at the site that killed 107 people, sources told Reuters Thursday.

Egypt’s first bitcoin exchange will go live later this month, the founders of bitcoin Egypt said, linking the Middle East’s most populous country with a cryptocurrency that has surged in value in recent months.

Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook has joined a chorus of business leaders who have voiced their opposition to President Donald Trump after he blamed white nationalists and anti-racism activists equally for violence in Virginia last weekend.

Four years after Taylor Swift said she was groped by a radio station DJ before a concert in Denver, the pop superstar told her story in sometimes unflinching language that did not sugarcoat what she called a "despicable and horrifying and shocking" encounter.